US9268396B2 - Expansion circuit for server system and server system using same - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to an expansion circuit for a server system and a server system using the same.
- servers are usually placed in an enclosure and configured to control hard disk drives.
- one server controls corresponding one hard disk drive group.
- one or more hard disk drive groups cannot be used, causing a waste of resources.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a sever system according to a first embodiment of present disclosure.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of the sever system of FIG 1 .
- FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of a server system according to a second embodiment of present disclosure.
- a server system 10 includes at least one server 11 , an adapter board 12 , a power supply 13 , and a hard disk module 14 .
- the hard disk module 14 includes a hard disk backplane 15 and at least one hard disk drive group 16 .
- the server 11 , the adapter board 12 , the power supply 13 , and the hard disk module 14 are placed in an enclosure of the server system 10 .
- the at least one server 11 is electronically coupled to the hard disk drive group 16 via the adapter board 12 and the hard disk backplane 14 sequentially to control the at least one hard disk drive group 16 .
- the power supply 13 is electronically coupled to the adapter board 12 to supply power to the at least one server 11 and the adapter board 12 .
- the at least one sever 11 may include a first server 11 a, a second server 11 b, and the at least one hard disk drive group 16 may include a first hard disk drive group 161 and a second hard disk drive group 162 .
- the adapter board 12 includes an expansion circuit 100 to supply power to the first hard disk drive group 161 and the second hard disk drive group 162 via the hard disk backplane 15 .
- Each of the first server 11 a includes a power terminal 110 and a control terminal 112 .
- the expansion circuit 100 includes a first input terminal 101 , a first output terminal 103 , a second input terminal 102 , a second output terminal 104 , a detection circuit 170 , a switch circuit 180 , a first diode 190 and a second diode 192 .
- the first input, terminal 101 is electrically coupled to the power terminal 110 of the first server 11 a and the power supply 13 .
- the second input terminal 102 is electrically coupled to the power terminal 110 of the second server 11 b and the power supply 13 .
- An anode of the first diode 190 is electrically coupled to the first input terminal 101 , and an cathode of the first diode 190 is electrically coupled to the first output terminal 103 .
- An anode of the second diode 192 is electrically coupled to the second input terminal 102 , and an cathode of the second diode is electrically coupled to the second output terminal 104 .
- the detection circuit 170 detects a number of the at least one server 11 which is electrically connected to the expansion circuit 100 and switches on or switches off the switch circuit 180 according to the detection.
- the detection circuit 170 includes a first detection terminal 171 , a second detection terminal 172 , and a control circuit 173 .
- the first detection terminal 171 is electrically coupled to the control terminal 112 of the first server 11 a.
- the second detection terminal 172 is electrically coupled to the control terminal 112 of the second server 11 b.
- the control terminal 112 of the first server 11 a is electrically connected to the first detection terminal 171
- the first detection terminal 171 receives a first control voltage.
- the second detection terminal 172 receives a second control voltage.
- the control circuit 173 receives the first control voltage from the first detection terminal 171 and the second control voltage from the second detection terminal 17 . 2 and switches on or switches off the switch circuit 180 according to the first and the second control voltages.
- control circuit 173 is an OR gate having two input terminals and an output terminal.
- the two input terminal of the control circuit 170 are electrically connected to the first and the second detection terminals 171 and 172 respectively, and the output terminal of the control circuit 170 is configured to output a third control voltage to the switch circuit 180 .
- the switch circuit 190 includes a voltage input terminal 188 , a switch element 181 and a relay 185 .
- the relay 185 includes a control coil 186 and a normally open contact 187 .
- the switch 181 includes a control terminal 182 , a first connection terminal 183 and a second connection terminal 184 .
- the control terminal 182 of the switch 181 is connected to the output terminal of the control circuit 170 .
- the voltage input terminal 188 receives a third voltage from the power supply 13 and is grounded via control coil 186 , the first connection terminal 183 and the second connection terminal 184 .
- the normally open contact 187 is connected between the first output terminal 103 and the second output terminal 104 .
- the third voltage may be 3.3 volts, in an example.
- the expansion circuit 100 When the first server 11 a and the second server 11 b are electrically connected to the expansion circuit and corresponds to the first hard disk drive group and the second hard disk drive group respectively, the expansion circuit 100 provides the first voltage to the first server 11 a to supply power to the first server 11 a and provides the second voltage to the second server 11 b to supply power to the second server 11 a. Both the control terminals 112 of the first server 11 a and the second server 11 b are grounded and obtain a grounded voltage which is low-level voltage.
- the grounded voltages of the control terminals 112 are served as the first control voltage and the second control voltage and provided to the control circuit 173 of the detection circuit 170 , and then the control circuit 173 outputs a low-lever voltage which is served as the third control voltage to the switch circuit 180 .
- the switch circuit 180 is switched off by the controls of the third control voltage, and the normally open contact 187 is open. Accordingly, the first and the second output terminals 103 and 104 are disconnected from each other, the first output terminal 103 provides the first voltage to the first hard disk drive group 161 via the hard disk backplane 15 , and the second output terminal 104 provides the second voltage to the second hard disk drive group 162 via the hard disk backplane 15 .
- the expansion circuit 100 provides the first voltage to the server.
- One control terminal 112 of the first server 11 a and the second server 11 b is grounded to obtain a grounded voltage
- the other one control terminal 112 of the first server 11 a and the second server 11 b is floating to obtain a high-level voltage (e.g., logic 1).
- the grounded voltage and the high-level voltage of the control terminals 112 are served as the first control voltage and the second control voltage and provided to the control circuit 173 of the detection circuit 170 .
- the control circuit 173 outputs a high-level voltage which is served as the third control voltage to the switch circuit 180 .
- the switch circuit 180 is switched on by the controls of the third control voltage, and the normally open contact 187 is switched on. Accordingly, the first and the second output terminals 103 and 104 are electrically connected to each other, the first output terminal 103 provides a drive voltage (such as the first voltage or the second voltage) to the first hard disk drive group 161 via the hard disk backplane 15 , and the second output terminal 104 provides the drive voltage to the second hard disk drive group 162 via the hard disk backplane 15 .
- a drive voltage such as the first voltage or the second voltage
- the server system 10 just has one sever but has two hard disk drive groups 161 and 162
- the first and the second output terminals 103 and 104 are electrically connected to each other and provides the drive voltage to the first and the second hard disk drive groups 161 and 162 , such that the one sever can control the two hard disk drive groups 161 and 162 , and the problem of resource waste can be improved.
- a sever system 20 is shown.
- the sever system 20 is similar to the above-described the sever system 10 , differing in that the sever system 20 includes a first server 21 a, a second server 21 b, a third server 21 c, a fourth server 21 d, a first expansion circuit 210 , a second expansion circuit 220 , a first hard disk drive group 261 , a second hard disk drive group 262 , a third hard disk drive group 263 , and a fourth hard disk drive group 264 .
- Both the first expansion circuit 210 and second expansion circuit 220 have the same structure as the power supply circuit 100 in FIG 2 .
- the first server 21 a and the second server 21 b are electrically coupled to the first and the second hard disk drive groups 261 and 262 via the first expansion circuit 210 .
- the third server 21 c and the fourth server 21 d are electrically coupled to the third and the fourth hard disk drive groups 263 and 264 via the second expansion circuit 220 .
- the first expansion circuit 210 and the second expansion circuit 220 are located on the same adapter board 22 of the server system 20 .
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